Planning the design of new wireless architectures and services, as well as for building strategic alliances and carrying out pilot initiatives with a research network of partner institutions worldwide

Analysing new business opportunities for the vertical markets in the wireless communications domain and creation of a development plan for a product-oriented research and a go-to-market strategy through coordinated pilot initiatives with promising strategic partners targeting the development of rapid prototypes of telecommunications architectures and services upon evaluation of the customer feedback from demonstrations at technology fairs, network fora and conferences. Personal budget for FY’2001: $4.2 million

Taking the complete responsibility for the alignment of a new products (middleware network platforms) within the division’s product line. Budget $20 million within 2 years. Successful completion prior to deadline. Defining the integration of mobile multimedia applications within the company’s portfolio to achieve revenues of $15 million in FY’1999 and $120 million within three years. Conducting quantitative market analysis to identify customer needs and develop product requirements. Managing the activities of over 90 sales and marketing professionals. Driving the research-oriented development of new products

Product line strategy definition & project management: 6 projects

Business opportunity evaluation: 48 with 12 own proposals

Version packetization and specification : 3 product versions

Market communication & product promotion : 8 industry fairs

Operational customer support : 18 operators from 6 countries

Training : 2 training programs and 6 customer seminars

Negotiations/ contracts and maintaining relationships to over 30 OEM partners

R&D: specializing in Software Engineering, Quality of Service, Validation and Verification of Video Streams over TCP/IP, UDP/IP and ATM; Temporal Logic. Technical project leader of two European research projects in the areas of Software Engineering & Broadband Multimedia Telecommunications Systems

Engaging in preparation & acquisition of EU research projects of the EU programs ACTS, Telematics and ESPRIT-III, as well as QoS standardization activities (DIN/ETSI)

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